Anonymous #1 1d

Michael phelps has an unfair biological advantage and he’s allowed to continue swimming

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Anonymous #1 1d

We should ban people over 6 feet tall from playing basketball, they have an unfair biological advantage

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Anonymous #1 1d

Lionel Messi has an unfair advantage and he’s allowed to play soccer

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Anonymous #1 1d

It’s more about hatred of women than it is fairness or equality

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Anonymous #1 1d

No you have a point, as a 6’5 transfem I would not feel comfortable competing with my advantage

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Anonymous #3 1d

A sports league where there are height speed etc limits so people can compete on pure skill sounds cool Combat sports already do it

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Anonymous #1 1d

I don’t watch sports but if they did that I’d genuinely be a fan

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Anonymous #4 1d

Yeah I think that’s the case of your height is just an advantage tho. If you were a trans woman who was shorter it probably wouldn’t be an issue 🤷‍♂️ I’ve got tall cis women friends who don’t do sports bc they don’t feel comfortable either lol

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Anonymous #4 1d

The key difference here though is that you yourself don’t want to play, so you’re taking yourself out of the equation. The people banning trans women from sports takes that autonomy away It’s like how pro-choice means women should still be allowed to carry to term if they desire. Puts the choice in the hands of women, not legislators

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Anonymous #4 1d

Yeah but what if you did want to play? Those are the people who are experiencing this issue

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Anonymous #1 21h

That is a common argument for how to fairly set up sports leagues integrated by gender

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Anonymous #7 12h

Messi took growth hormones. Bonds took growth hormones…

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Anonymous #7 12h

I don’t think you know how many different hormones there are and how many people actually take…..

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Anonymous #5 12h

They’re basically all t or some denomination of t

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Anonymous #8 12h

It’s a bit more understandable (a bit) in, say, high school sports, but it’s insane that we’re barring elementary school kids from participating in junior league soccer with their friends just because of what reproductive organs they have 🫩

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Anonymous #5 12h

Why is it more understandable in high school they’re still kids

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Anonymous OP 9h

I just mean that the whole “biological differences” thing begins to appear more in high school when kids undergo puberty. I’m not saying it’s valid, but the argument that there are “biological differences” makes more sense after puberty has entered the picture What I’m getting at is that in elementary school, boys and girls are… pretty much the same physically. Sexual dimorphism truly occurs around puberty

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Anonymous OP 9h

No? There are so many more hormones in the human body than testosterone and estrogen, many of which can also affect performance in sports and the like

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Anonymous #7 8h

He literally has unusually long arms…. That is an unfair advantage in swimming. And trans women have to have a certain amount of estrogen and testosterone in their body to play sports. Taking estrogen actually weakens your muscles unless you’re able to build them back, and it’s the same muscle amount as cis women in the sport typically have

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Anonymous OP 8h

There’s estrogen, testosterone, spironolactone, progesterone, probably many more. It’s not just t

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Anonymous #6 30m

biological advantages happen all the time in sports, so gender shouldn’t be the exception

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